Log decker



A. VEILLEUX LOG DECKER Filed Nov. 16, 1926 (l 32J ,7 fr .5

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.UNITED STATES Lauras j ADOLPHE VEILLEUX, OF ST. MARIES, IDAHO LosDnciziin Y j Application filed November` 16,V 1926.v VSerial`N'o,.}148,638. i

The invention is a device for loading or piling logs or the like, whichis adjustable to two positions. l

The object of the invention is to provide a device upon which logs maybe readily placed, which will raise the logs and dump them upon a car,truck or pile.

v Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable platformhaving one end elevated and conveyor chains for conveying objects up tosaid platform.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for raising logswhich may readily be adjusted to diferent positions.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for operatingconveyor chains on an adjustable inclined platform from the adjustableend. u

And a still further object of the invention is to provide an adjustablelog decking plat form which is of a simple and economical construction.

With these ends in view the invention embodies a frame having skids onthe bottom thereof, an adjustable inclined frame with conveyor chainsthereon mounted on the said skid frame, levers for raising the saidinclined frame, and automatically adjustable driving means for operatingthe conveyors on the said adjustable frame.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from thefollowing description taken in connection with the drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a longitudinal section through the center of the device.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the adjustable frame with the chainsomitted.

Figure 3 is a cross section through the device looking toward theelevated end.

In the drawings the device is shown as it would be made wherein numeral1 indicates the base frame, numeral 2 the inclined frame, and numeral 3the main shaft through which the device is operated. Y

The base frame 1 is made with two longitudinal skids 4 and 5 which areconnected by a cross member 6 at the front, and other meinbers 7 and 8at the rear. It is also under- 50 stood that the frame 1 may be made inany other desiredmanner and of any suitable material.4 7' 7 I Theinclined frame 2 is made with two side members 9 and 10, which may beheld together withv cross members 11 and diagonal 55 braces'12. Thelower end of the frame 2isv pivotally attached by plates 13 and boltsl14 to themembers 4 and 5 ofV the base. VAnd at each end of this frameare transverse shafts 15 and 16 upon which sprockets 17 are mounted overwhich chains 18 with projecting fingers 19 are placed. The shaft 1611sprovided with' a bevel gear 2O at the center, which is held in a bracket21 and which meshes with a bevel gear 22 which is also heldin a bracketand mounted upon a vertical shaft 23. The lower end of the verticalshaft v23 is square from the point 24 to the lower end and thisisslidablyjmounted in a square opening in a socket 25, as shown. At thelower end of the' socket 25 is al bevel gear 26, and it will be observedthat this end' of the socket is held in a bearing 27 in a bracket 28, asshown in Figure 3; The bracket 28 is also mounted upon a shaft'29 whichis lprovided with a bevel gear 30 that meshes with the gear 26. Theshaft 29 is rotatably mounted in bearings 3l on the base frame 1 and atone end of the shaft is a pulley 32 over which a belt 33 from aY pulley34 on an engine 35v passes, so that as the engine rotates it willrotatethe shaft 29 through the pulleys and as this shaft rotates itwillk rotate the Vshaft 16 through the gears, as hereinbefoie described,and the f shaft 16 will operate the sprockets 17, which 'so iny turnoperate the conveyor chain 18.

On the shaft 29 is a drinn 8G, which is operated by a clutch'37 throughlevers 38 and 39, and from this drum a cord 40, which is wrapped aroundthe drum, passes over a pull-ey 41 on a shaft 42 and is then attached toa rod 43, which is held in the ends of levers 44, as shown in Figure 3.The levers 44 are pivotally mounted onV a shaft 45 in stand- 95 ards 46and 47, and it will ybe observed that the upper ends 48 ofthe leversbear against channels 49 on the under side of the beams 9 and 10 of theinclined frame 2. It will be observed that as the clutch is thrown in'and .100 the drum rotated it will pull the cord 40 downward, which willdraw the levers fiel downward and at the same time force the levers 48upward, which will raise the inclined frame 2 to the position shown indotted lines in Figure l. A bolt 50, which is slidably held on one ofthe standards in bearings 51, may then be moved inward so that itwillengage the ends of the levers 44 and hold them in this position, withthe frame in the position shown in dotted lines. The Clutch may then bereleased until it is desired to lower the said frame.

At the forward ends of the skids 4l and 5 are rollers 52 and 53 whichare held in bearings 54, as shown. lt will be observed that the logswill first strike these rollers and these rollers will assist theoperator in moving the logs to such a position that they will be grippedby the chain.

It will be understood that changes may be made in the constructionwithout departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changesmay be in the design or arrangement of either of the frames, another maybe in the use of other means for raising or holding the inclined frame,and still another may be in the use of other means for operating thechains on the inclined frame.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription. To use the device itmay be arranged as shown, and it willbe observed that as the motor is started it will cause the chains tooperate and as logs are placed upon the device they will readily hemoved up the inclined platform and dumped off of the upper end. It willalso be observed that as the logs reach the elevation of the platform asshown in full lines, the platform may readily be raised to the positionshown in dotted lines so that logs may be piled higher. The device maybe made of any suitable dimensions so that it may handle logs of anysize.

Having thus fully described the invention, what l claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

n a log decking inclined elevator, the combination of a skid platformcomprising a pair of longitudinal skids, rollers at the forward ends ofthe said skids, a shaft rotatably mounted behind the said rollersforiningl the tail shaft of an endless chain conveyor, a head shaft atthe opposite end of the said conveyor, a frame in which the said headand tail shafts are mounted, means for mounting the said frame upon thesaid skids, means for elevating the head shaft end of the said frame,and means for driving the head shaft from the said skids, said drivingmeans driving the central part of the said shaft and positioned withinthe limits of the said device.

ln testimony whereof he allixes his signature.

AD OLPHE VEILLEUX.

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